[Dovecot] Cannot see contents of ~/mail folder

[Saurabh Barve]

Thanks for all the suggestions! Alan was right. Changing the 
.subscriptions file to include the old folders worked. I can see all the 
folders in my 'mail' folder now. Thanks!!

Ii have another question, though. I am trying to set up secure IMAP on 
this server. I have generated a certificate for the same name as the 
machine name. I read somewhere that it is not the wisest thing to do; 
that I should generate a certificate for a generic name, like 
mail.example.com in dovecot-openssl.conf. Can I pick any name I want? I 
know that my machine name is unique, but there might be another 
certificate with the same name somewhere? How do I know/resolve that? Or 
can I enter any value I want for the CN field in dovecot-openssl.conf?

Thanks,
Saurabh.

alan premselaar wrote:
> Saurabh Barve wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> I just installed dovecot-0.99 on my Fedora Core 2 machine. When I 
>> start  the secure IMAP daemon, I am able to see my Inbox, but not the 
>> other  folders in the 'mail' folder in my home directory (sent-mail,  
>> saved-messages, etc.) These folders were created when I was using 
>> pine  earlier on the machine. In my dovecot.conf file, I have set:
>>
>> default_mail_env = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
>>
>> I am using Mozilla Mail as my mail client, if that makes a 
>> difference.  Dovecot seems to be creating a directory called .imap 
>> inside the 'mail'  folder, where it is storing the inbox and a Trash 
>> folder.
>>
>> I have set "mail_full_filesystem_access = no" so that users don't  
>> access any of their other files except the mail folder. From what I  
>> understand, I don't have to set IMAP path in Mozilla Mail. I tried  
>> doing that too, just to try it out, but as expected, it didn't work.
>>
>> What do I need to set in order to see my other folders in the 'mail'  
>> directory?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Saurabh.
> 
> Saurabh,
> 
>  I don't use mozilla mail, but I use Thunderbird, so it may be similar. 
>  Try editing your subscription list. it's possible that mozilla mail 
> just thinks you haven't subscribed to those folders and is ignoring them.
> 
> this may not be the answer, but probably a good place to start.
> 
> hope this helps
> 
> alan
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